Brian Stuart McBeth

Experience

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  Independent Consultant on the Oil Industry

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  Self Employed

  Writing research notes on small oil companies and giving general advice.

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  L Messel & Co.

  Jan 1982 - Jan 1985

  Senior Oil Analyst

  Oil Analyst

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  Schroder Securities Ltd ab

  Mar 1985 - Mar 1988

  Director

  Head of Oil & Gas research at the broking arm of Schroders.

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  ANZ McCaughan aaa

  May 1988 - Aug 1989

  Head of Oils Team

  The London arm of ANZ McCaughan Stockbrokers (Australia).

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  The Oxford Consultancy Group

  Jun 1989 - Aug 1994

  Owner

  Consultancy on Energy & Latin America. Clients included Shell International, BP, Euromoney Publications, the Oxford Institute of Energy Studies, the Economic Intelligence Unit, the London Scholl of Economics (IDEA), Oxford Analytica.

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  Yorkton Securities Inc

  Apr 1994 - Jun 1995

  Manager Partner - Oil & Gas

  The London office of the largest independent Canadian Stockbrokers.

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  The Oxford Consultancy Group

  Apr 1996 - Dec 1996

  Owner

  Consultancy work on Energy & Latin America.

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  Global Energy Finance Ltd

  Jan 1997 - Nov 1998

  Partner

  Financial boutique, under the umbrella of S P Angel, sourcing funds for small oil and ga companies operating in emerging markets.

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  Commerzbank Asset Management a

  Jan 1998 - Oct 2002

  Senior Equities Analyst

  The Fund Management Division of Commerzbank.

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  Oxford Consultancy Group

  Mar 2002 - now

  Owner

  Consultancy work on Energy & Latin America

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  Edison Independent Research

  Sept 2002 - May 2005

  Consultant

  Independent financial research.

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  VSA Resources Ltd

  Nov 2005 - May 2008

  Head of Oil & Gas

  Stockbrokers

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  Self Employed

  Jan 2008 - now

  Independent Business Owner

  Brian Stuart McBeth trained as an economist and holds a Master’s degree in Latin American Studies and a doctorate in Politics from the University of Oxford. He worked as a stockbroker in the City of London, specialising in oil companies, and is a former director of Schroder Securities Ltd. He is a Senior Common Room Member of St Antony’s College, University of Oxford McBeth has written extensively on oil, privatization and Venezuela over the yearsas can be seen by the following list:• Juan Vicente Gómez and the Oil Companies in Venezuela, 1908-1935 (Cambridge University Press, 1983); • British Oil Policy, 1919-1939 (Frank Cass & Co., 1985);• Petroleum in Venezuela A bibliography (G.K. Hall & Co. 1985,co-author with William Sullivan);• Colombia (London, Euromoney Books, 1993);• Venezuela. The Way Forward (Euromoney Books, 1994);• Global Privatizations: A Strategic Report (Euromoney Books, 1996);• Gunboats, Corruption and Claim: Foreign Intervention in Venezuela, 1899-1908 (Greenwood Press, 2001);• Dictatorship & Politics: Intrigue, Betrayal and Survival in Venezuela, 1908 – 1935 (University of Notre Dame Press, 2008); and• La Política Petrolera Venezolana: Una perspectiva histórica, 1922-2005, (Universidad Metropolitana (Caracas), 2015). McBeth’s submission to the House of Commons, Select Committee on Science and Technology was published in July 2004 as ‘Memorandum from Dr Brian Stuart McBeth’. (House of Commons, Science and Technology Committee, ‘Scientific Publications: Free for all?, Tenth Report of Session 2003-04, Volume II: Oral and Written Evidence, London, HMSO, 20 July 2004, Appendix 116, EV 421). McBeth has also published academic papers, written book reviews for academic journals, given many conferences on different topics as well as interviews to newspapers and radio stations as well having a number of letters published in newspapers such as The Sunday Times, The Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times. Show less

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  Madeira Minerals Ltd.

  Apr 2009 - now

  Non Executive Director

  General advice on the oil industry as well as making sure that the deals we looked at would fly.

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  U. S. Oil & Gas Plc

  Oct 2015 - now

  Non Executive Director

  Dr McBeth is the Independent Non-Executive Director at the Company.